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Old 27th Jun 2011, 13:47
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Not an HP and not for trans-atlantic flying, David
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 14:23
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A Lawson design ?
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 14:38
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ah ha, Brian! Now you're talking!!! Tell me more
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 14:52
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Afternoon!
Nice liner there!
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 15:00
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I think that given that there wasn't an allocated design number, Brian has it. It was called - I think - the "Lawson Super Airliner". A double-decker, it was designed in 1928 with a claim to transport passengers cheaper than the railways! It never took off (pardon the pun!)

Brian has the thread!
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 15:27
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Thanks. I did read of a 100-passenger Lawson airliner, but I didn't see a model name or number. Here is the next challenge:
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 15:27
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I guess yours in a US machine, Brian?
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 15:33
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I have browsed through a huge number of trimotors in occasion of a recent challenge (LM's if I remember correctly)

Ogden Osprey?
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 15:54
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Gee, ask a harder question like, "Was the company formed by two brothers who had the aircraft designed by a third party, and they made no more than six aircraft before the company folded due to the great economic depression of the 1930s?"

Edit to add: HAPPYPASS is correct. The Ogden Osprey. You have control.
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 15:58
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Thanks, a whole lot of trimotor have radials, so there's not much left...

Next...
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:03
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Those are not radials on the Osprey...
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:07
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Those are not radials on the Osprey...
That's why I found it so quickly!
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:07
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1930s/British, HP? Something from Miles?
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:16
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Thirties, British.
Not Miles, though.
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:20
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A Cunliffe-Owen?
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:22
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Nope. Company has double name though. No hyphen.
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:43
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It also has something in common with previous challenge...

Edit: Arrrrrr!!!
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:52
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Evening HP,

No time to search further as I'm back to work now after a short break, cant immediately find a model number or name, but found an article in Nov '37 Fright Archive.

Something to do with the Willoughby Delta Company ??

Open House if correct, sorry!
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 16:55
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That there be the Willoughby Delta that be!!
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Old 27th Jun 2011, 17:00
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Something to do with the Willoughby Delta Company
Yes SincoTC, a lot!
In fact it's the Willoughby Delta 8 (or F)
Twin Menasco (Arrrr!) Pirate C4 which aerofiles lists as an option for the Ogden Osprey also.

Open House (buttrick, if you want to post please feel free to do so )
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